AI Rate Professor

Environmental Studies

Massimo Maniaci

ES71 · ES70 · ES83 · ES72 · 6 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.9/5
Take again
20%
Difficulty
4.7

The decision

unless you are ready to self-teach difficult material with limited guidance.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerSelf-teaching requiredOverwhelming workloadHard testsPoor guidanceHeavy reading
  • Most reviews describe the online courses as much harder than expected for the unit count.
  • Students repeatedly say homework and or readings.
  • One recent positive review says an A is possible with work, but the overall pattern remains strongly negative.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

35/100

An A is possible, but comments show it requires serious independent study and tolerance for hard, poorly explained work.

All evidence comes from online reviews; there is no in-person evidence.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

The course content is intellectually difficult because students , and material not explained well.

Only online reviews exist, and they consistently describe the content as very hard.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

88/100

Most online reviews list attendance as not mandatory or do not provide a requirement, with .

All evidence is online, and there is .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

because they feel underprepared, overworked, and forced to teach themselves.

Only online reviews exist, and the recommendation pattern is mostly negative despite one strong positive review.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

20/100

Grades appear unforgiving because few assessments and .

Format shift

All grading evidence comes from online reviews; .

Workload

Overwhelming

10/100

Students repeatedly say the workload is far too heavy for the unit count and requires many hours of self-study.

Format shift

All workload evidence comes from online reviews.

Teaching experience

Poor

20/100

, and guidance do not prepare students for the hardest assignments or tests.

Format shift

Only online teaching evidence exists, and it is mostly negative.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Assessment appears concentrated in homework and in some classes.

Format shift

, and finals; there is no in-person assessment evidence.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Remote format

Online

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

All evidence is online and mostly negative, with students , and poor preparation for homework or tests.

Main concern

The main and difficult assessments.

What students said

“It is a self-teaching class with for at all.”
ES70
“The class consisted of two homeworks and the final.”
ES83
“It is not hard to get an A as long as you put in the work.”
ES83

Exam style

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because tests and finals are hard, but reviews do not clearly prove proctoring, webcam, Lockdown Browser, or open-book policy.

Hard TestsFinal ExamFew Graded ItemsNo Clear Proctoring Evidence

Assessment risk

Standard

40/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Online

Online and finals, but they do not clearly prove webcam, proctoring, Lockdown Browser, or open-book rules.

Hard TestsFinal ExamFew Graded ItemsNo Clear Proctoring Evidence
“It is a self-teaching class with for at all.”
ES70
“The class consisted of two homeworks and the final.”
ES83

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“It is a self-teaching class with for at all.”

Voice snapshots generated from 6 reviews, , and online-only evidence; credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

20/100

“Terrible class, .”

📚 Workload Pressure

10/100

“It is 5 units of work for a 1 unit class.”

⚖️ Grade Difficulty

35/100

“It is not hard to get an A as long as you put in the work.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Instructor does not teach anything.
  • His lectures are very boring and due to it's confused.
  • He will not show you how to do the most important stuff in the class

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty And Grades

  • He'll give you extremely hard and complex equations with them.
  • My 5 unit class was easier than this two unit which is incredibly disappointing.
  • expect to spend a lot of hours studying on your own.

Data context

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Analysis sample

6

Recent reviews read by the AI

6

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

The analysis uses only 6 reviews, all online, with a long time span and a mostly consistent negative pattern but limited volume.

Inside 6 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 54

Course coverage

ES702 reviews
ES832 reviews
ES711 review
ES721 review

Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

1

A 1

B range

0

No reported values

C range

2

C+ 2

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Rather not say 1